2025 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

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2025 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
DateDecember 5, 2025
Season 2025
Stadium Albertsons Stadium
Location Boise, Idaho
Favorite Boise State by 5.5 [1]
Referee Patrick Foy
United States TV coverage
Network Fox
Announcers Jason Benetti, Robert Griffin III, and Alexa Landestoy
Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
  2024   2026  
2025 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Boise State y  6 2   8 4  
UNLV y  6 2   10 2  
New Mexico  6 2   9 3  
San Diego State  6 2   9 3  
Fresno State  5 3   8 4  
Hawaii  5 3   8 4  
Utah State  4 4   6 6  
Air Force  3 5   4 8  
Nevada  2 6   3 9  
Wyoming  2 6   4 8  
San Jose State  2 6   3 9  
Colorado State  1 7   2 10  
Championship: UNLV at Boise State
As of December 5, 2025
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2025 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game will be a college football game which will be played on December 5, 2025, at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. [2] It will be the 13th edition of the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game and will determine the champion of the Mountain West Conference (MW) for the 2025 season. The game will begin at 6:00 p.m. MT and will air on Fox. The game will feature the Boise State Broncos and the UNLV Rebels in a rematch of the previous season's championship game.

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Teams

This will be the sixteenth meeting between UNLV and Boise State; the Broncos lead the all-time series 12–3. [3] The game is a rematch of a regular season game on October 18. Boise State defeated UNLV, 56–31.

Due to a four-way tie between Boise State, UNLV, New Mexico, and San Diego State for best conference record, the participants in the Mountain West Championship game were determined by computer metrics using a composite average of metrics from Connelly SP+, ESPN SOR, KPI and SportSource rankings. UNLV and Boise State had the highest averages of 45.50 and 47.75, respectively. Boise State was selected as the host team due to their victory in the October 18 regular season matchup. [4]

Boise State Broncos

The Broncos entered the game with an 8–4 record, 6–2 in conference play. They will make their fourth consecutive Mountain West title game appearance and ninth overall. They are 5–3 in previous appearances, having last won the title a year ago. [5]

UNLV Rebels

The Rebels entered the game with a 10–2 record, 6–2 in conference play. They are making their third consecutive Mountain West and third overall title game appearance, having lost the title a year ago to the Broncos. [5]

Scoring summary

2025 Mountain West Championship
UNLV Rebels (10–2, 6–2) vs. Boise State (8–4, 6–2)
Quarter12Total
UNLV0
Boise State0

at Albertsons StadiumBoise, ID

Game information
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
StatisticsUNLVBSU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: compattint
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
UNLVPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Boise StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

References

  1. Bet MGM. "Mountain West Football Championship Odds for 2025". betmgm.com. MGM.
  2. "Boise State to Host UNLV for 2025 Mountain West Football Championship". Mountain West Conference.
  3. "Winsipedia - UNLV Rebels vs. Boise State Broncos football history" . Retrieved December 2, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. {{cite web|url=https://themw.com/news/2025/11/30/boise-state-to-host-unlv-for-25-mw-football-championship/%7Ctitle=Boise State to Host UNLV for 2025 Mountain West Football Championship|date=November 30, 2025|accessdate=December 3, 2025|website=themw.com|publisher=Mountain West Conference}
  5. 1 2 Mandel, Stewart (January 7, 2025). "Boise State, Ashton Jeanty steamroll UNLV to win Mountain West, close in on Playoff auto bid". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved December 1, 2025.